The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-05

exclude any odorS. There il littl,
such butter now. That made by tn,
creamery process Is first-class while
fresh. but lacks keeping qualities. A,
nearly all enterprising dairymen hav.
creameries. there il less really goot
butter made from milk set in the old
fashioned way than formerly.
SKIM MILK FOR cows.
There are many times in butter
dairies where the most profitable use oi
SKINNED milk is to feed it again to the
COW which has given it. The milk.
after the cream has been taken from il
retains the elements that most cows
find deficient in their food. With
plenty Of grain the COW can easily
supply the carbon or fat-forming ele-
menrs of her milk, provided she can
get the caseine and albuminous portions
which the skiIn-milk furnishes. II is
the drain of these that hurts cows most
and they should be supplied, if not in
sklm-milk. then in some other food
equally nutritious.
CHANGING HORSES COATS.
While horses are shedding their coats
they should be we'll fed and not over
worked. 1t is important to have the
new coat on before active farm work
begins. as the changing process is debil-
itating. Thorough grooming at this
time is very important and there should
at all times be work enough to prevent
the muscles from becoming weakened
by disuse. Unless horses have some
work in winter the fat they then put on
will do them little good, besides the cer-
tainty that the shoulders will gall when
the horses are put to hard pulling.
KEEPING FERTILIZERS IN STOCK.
Team help is too valuable at seeding
time to stop the team and take a man )
time for day to draw load Of phos-
phate which might just as well be drawn
before the busy season opens. Farm
ers who use phosphate should make an
estimate Of the amount they need OF
can afford, and draw it early, SO as to
have ready when needed If kept dry
it will not dettriorate. but rather inl-
prove. by keeping over one year.
CHAT FOR THE WEEK.
When the coat Of gray horse is
stained in the stable use a sponge moist.
ened with warm water.
Try patch of oats and peas for fod.
| der. A bushel of peas to two of oat.
will do for an acre. though many give !;
heavier seeding.
The most transparent lie used by thu
devil for the promotion of vice is tha
gambling Is necessary to ..improve til,
breed of horses.
In planting your grape and curran
cuttings see that the earth is pres>e,
firmly about them. particularly at thei
base. This is essential.
A Texas man writes that he is success
fully feeding his cattle on cactus in con
nection with cottonseed meal He run
the cactus through cutter.
Beef cattle are twenty-five to tift,
cents lower in the Chicago yards thar
one year ago, and rather more than tina
much lower than on the corresponding
in 1885.
A correspondent of the Countr,
Gentleman put essence Of peppermint
in a hive Of robber bees SO that tn,
burglars could be detected by thei
smell. and were not able to slip in with
out observation.
| Mr.. Hunniwell, whose beautiful
grounds near Wellesley. Mass, ar,
visited by people from all parts Of tn
country who are interested i'm ornamen
tai trees and planting. has given th'
town ten acres Of land for a public park
One advantage that the soil derive
from well rotted organic manur,
besides the plant food which it bring
is that it furnishes the best of breeding
places for those microscopic growth
which, as is now known, are the NOV
ing cause of nitrification.
Dry sawdust absorbs so much liqni,
(three times its own weighD that i
makes the best OF bedding for COW
stables. but for this very reason its us
in horse stables is sometimes condem
ned. because it is said to make tn
horses hoofs dry and brittle.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Never have sink under a window j
you can avoid it. I.
Keep lemons in jar of water, to b
renewed every few days.
Moisture is the greatest enemy of tn
piano, and it cannot be too carefull
guarded against.
Hard soap should be kept in DIR,
place several weeks before using.
will last much longer.
Never have dark furniture for tn
kitchen; it shows dust much more thar
light and requires double the care.
Donot use cracked dishes; they absorl
oils or fats from different kinds Of foot
which render them unwholesome.
Ingram carpets need to be shaker
oftener than Brussels, az from thci
more open weave the dust percolate
through them.
Orange pie-Take the juice and pull
Of two large sour oranges and the gra
tel rind of one, a cup Of sugar, one egg
a coffee cup of water and two spoonful
Of rice flour; mix these Ingredients an,
bake with two crusts, making the past
very rich.
Lemon pie-Express the juice from
two lemons, then chop the peel an,
pulp fine, after removing the seeds
beat an egg well, add two-thirds of
cup of flour stirred into three cups 0
water, two and one-half cups of sugar
mix all together. and fill three pies
Bake with two crusts.
The Household Angel.
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